Means for discouraging a hen from brooding



P8fented Dec. 29, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFCE.

oitize11 of the United StteS, Tesiding of' 1 Wofth, in the oonnty of Shelby and State of 1Z[isSol1fi, have invented oeftain Ilevv and uSefI11 IIn rovenlentS in 1feonS fo1' 1)isoouroging a IeI1 ffoIn 13roodiI1g; ond I do heToby deolTe the fo11oving to be o fl111, olear, I1d exaot desofiI)tion of t11e invention, Slloh aS il1 eI1b1e ot11efS Ski11ed in tlle ort to vvhioh it p eftinS to 1T1ake nd 11Se tl1 Some.

The invention haS fo1, itS objeot to disoourge and bTeak u t11e inolination of hen to Sit aIld in aooordonoe vvith the Ineth od the hen iS oonfined for o eTiod of tiIne, a ToXin1te1y tfventy-four hourS, in o oooI) of othef enolosufe TVhioh iS pivoted and ba1 anoed So that ny exceSS of vveight to one si(1e or the othef of o veftiool )18ne PaSSing thTo11gh the oxiS of the ooop oanSes the 18tter to tnrn vith t11e reslllt that the hen loSeS al1 inolinotion to sit.

()the1 obieotS and advantages vi11 be ap pafent olld S11ggeSt tlleT1Selves aS the natnfe of the invention iS undefstood. hi1e t11e dravvingS i1111Stroto an eInbodi nlent of tlle invention it iS to be underStood t11ot in adapting tlle SIne to Ineet diffefe nt oonditionS and requiTeInents, voTioos ohanges in t11e fofIn, propoftion and lnin01 detoils of oonstrnction 111oy be reSofted to vithout depafting fTon1 the spirit of the invention. 3

feferfing to the ooooInpanying drvvingS forn1ing o art of the op lication;

igUfe 1 iS 8 Side vievv of on lianoe eInbod ing the invention, ond

ig11fe 2 fS o ve1 tioal tTanSvofSe seotional vieW thefeof on the line 22.

(ofreS1)onding and like I)aTtS ore fefeffed to iI1 the folloWing deSofi tio11 and deSignofed in both fieTvS of the dfaWingS by like fefefenoe ohafaotefs.

In aooofdnoe vvith the invention, 9a hen hoving a, tendenoy to sit iS coIlfined foI' a peTiod of tiIIle vitl1in o ooop of liko feoe taole vhioh is pivoted o os to tufn obont o hofiZonta1 xiS, ond in oarfying out the invention, ooo 1 iS Pivoted betvveen l1I)- fig11ts 2 Whioh m be1et into tho gfound of StI )ofted in ony preferfed vvay. The oooP iS of o )eI1 oonStr11otioI1 hoving the fofn1 of o oage 11d of Teotangu1f oIltli11e, vhereby ventilation is aSSured and the hen enabled to feed. f Snitable door 3 is fovided for the ingfesS nd egress of the hen I1d aftef the hen haS been plaoed in the ooop, the door 3 iS oloSed and faSteI1ed in ny pfefefre(f vvay. The ionTnalS 4: foieot outTvordly froIn o poSito endS of the ooo and ofe Inollnted in the UPfi 11t 2 iI1 ony Pfefeffed Tva) 1af iS oloimed iS:

1- Means for bfeaking Il the ino1intion of a hen to bfood, the Sonoe oonSisting of a Coop )ivoted to fotate about o hofizontal xiS and nofInally balaI1oed So aS to fest vith itS bottoln pafalle1 vith the gfound.

2. The hefein deSofibed n1eanS fof breking np the inolinafion of L hen to bTood, the Sane conSiSting of uprightS, and Tectangn 1r ooop of oage forInotion ivoted betvveen fhe 11 )rightS to tLlfn abont horizontal aXiS ond nof11To11y b1anoed.

In teStilnony Whereof I X Iny Sig11tuTe.

oLUDE E, oYLEB. 

